general practitioner

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Recent Examples of general practitioner Dutch general practitioners, by contrast, make about 120,000 euros (US$126,000). Dylan Scott, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 Every doctor—every cardiologist, every neurologist, every general practitioner, every rheumatologist—should understand the effect that a woman’s loss of her hormones does to her body and every single one of her organs. Alice Park, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025 Swannanoa and other small towns nestled in the Appalachian Mountains need more primary care and general practitioners but also affordable access to specialists such as oncologists. Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024 Even more important is education for general practitioners on how to help long COVID patients. Farah Aziz Annesha, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for general practitioner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for general practitioner
Noun
  • Access solutions built for convenience or created by generalists won’t be enough.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Specialists still have their place in the game, but modern football feels like the age of the generalist given the rise of greater tactical instruction from the sidelines.
    Mark Carey, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • As the public health system in the Netherlands is increasingly strained, and short of family practitioners, that model of care is becoming less common.
    Stephanie Nolen, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
  • If a referral is needed, ask your regular healthcare provider, such as a family practitioner, primary care provider, or, in some cases, a gynecologist.
    Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Those include scheduling outdoor activities during cooler parts of the day, maintaining proper hydration, and checking all medications with a family physician to identify any potential issues.
    Khloe Quill, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • But Kraemer, the Lee’s Summit family physician, said the effort by Missouri officials to limit cities from pursuing additional public health standards is concerning.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Anthropic's bot doesn't have the far-reaching, jack-of-all-trades skill of OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o, but without real-time access to the internet, it has been designed to lean into its strengths: intuitive conversation.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Dad was an inventive, jack-of-all-trades, handy man.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • And, as always, caregivers can always call their family doctor with any concerns, Oller adds.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Florida’s slowdown in kindergarten vaccinations, which began after COVID arrived five years ago, mirrors a nationwide decrease in a post-pandemic world where politics, misinformation and personal freedom have muddied vaccination guidance and reduced trust in what the family doctor recommends.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The remaining monks and a layman were rescued and were taken to the hospital.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025
  • In layman’s terms, Trump is keeping foreign leaders on their toes.
    Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • However, doctors at the hospital soon discovered that Sendler had rhabdomyolysis, a rare muscle injury that causes the muscles in a person’s body to break down.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Schwartz was a tall, handsome kid from New York, the son of a doctor.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Taking Control Over Healthcare And Finances FD consulted with her father’s primary care physician, who had not been in communication with other physicians who were giving multiple prescriptions to AF.
    Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Under the law, the procedure must be performed by a licensed physician.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025

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